Which satellite system should I get: Dish Network or Direct TV? Don’t need HD just basic with lot of channels?
Which do you recommend.Like music, movies, dramas, comedies and sci-fi/horror. using only old non HD 39″ TV no surround.
It depends on what is more important. Direct TV is a tiny beat cheaper, as far as the amount of channels you get per dollar spent, but DISH network has better sports packages. They both supposedly have awesome customer service.
After a government-spawned “superflu” wipes out more than 90 percent of the earth’s population, the devastated survivors must decide whether to support or resist the advances of a mysterious stranger from way down South (heh-heh) who wishes to claim this new world order for himself. Although the six-hour length makes it nigh-impossible to digest in one sitting, this well-paced adaptation of Stephe…
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/01/2010 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Pg13…
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Though it was only a mild success upon its release in 1974, the original “Black Christmas” (directed by Bob Clark, who would go on to direct “A Christmas Story” in 1984) has become a cult favorite among horror buffs since the dawn of the home-video era. An early example of the “body count” genre, the film also predates “When A Stranger Calls” (1979) in its use of a killer making threatening phone calls that originate within his potential victims’ own house. In this remake, writer/director Glen Morgan takes the basics of Roy Moore’s screenplay for the original to create an elaborate and almost comically disturbing back story for Billy, the killer who previously remained a mystery. A handful of sorority girls remain at the house after the school shuts down for Christmas break. An ominous snowstorm blows in, isolating them. At the same time, a killer – who in this version escapes from a mental institution to return to his former family home – breaks into the attic and begins making terrifying phone calls to the girls (led by Kate Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Lacey Chabert) before killing them off one by one. SCTV veteran Andrea Martin, who portrayed a victim in the original, returns as Ms. Mac, the house mother. Stylistically, Moore’s remake avoids casting the film in the ironic post-”Scream” or streamlined, gore-free Japanese-horror-inspired fright films of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Instead he makes “Black Christmas” in the style of a wet and red ’80s slasher film. The plentiful blood and guts will please fans of that era, as will tributes to the “Halloween” films. This, along with a soundtrack that eschews holiday standards in favor of modern pop music, plus a dim lighting scheme that relies heavily on colored Christmas bulbs, combine to create an atmosphere of holiday dread in this fun update of what has become a horror classic.
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Two of the most venerable names in the horror field, author Stephen King and director George A. Romero, present this anthology of original twisted tales inspired by the E.C. horror comics of the 50’s and 60’s (themselves a more direct basis for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series). The five stories are framed within the pages of a comic book which a boy’s insensitive father has thrown in the garbage. The first tale, “Father’s Day,” features a zombie patriarch returning to claim his Father’s Day cake; “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill” stars King himself as a slack-jawed yokel whose discovery of a radioactive meteorite turns him into a walking weed; “Something to Tide You Over” presents a deadly-serious Leslie Nielsen as a cuckolded husband who plans an elaborate seaside revenge; “The Crate” unleashes its ferocious man-eating contents on the enemies of a meek college professor; and “They’re Creeping Up On You” pits obsessively-clean billionaire E.G. Marshall against a swarm of cockroaches in his sterile penthouse. The chapters are uniformly creative, filmed in garish comic-book colors, and Tom Savini’s makeup effects are quite memorable (particularly the monster from “The Crate”), though the campy treatment does become exhausting after two hours’ runtime. The final segment is the most impressive, thanks to Marshall’s over-the-top performance, though the planned scope of the cockroach invasion was drastically reduced (no doubt due to budget constraints). ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide.<br><br> Theatrical trailer.
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The undead are unleashed for the second season of the sexy and stylish vampire horror series “Forever Knight,” starring Geraint Wyn Davies as Nick Knight, a 13th century vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Season Two highlights include: Nick’s battle with Jack the Ripper in the terrifying “Bad Blood:” his infiltrating the “Luminology” cult and getting brainwashed in “Faithful Followers:” and finding romance with an Anne Rice-type author in “Stranger Than Fiction.” And in “Blood Money” and “Baby Baby,” star Geraint Wyn Davies steps behind the camera to direct. Natsuko Ohama, as Captain Amanda Cohen, joins the cast in Season 2. During the course of it’s three-year run, “Forever Knight” amassed a huge cult following, whose fans can now sink their teeth into the delights of Season Two.<br><br> Episode Commentaries from Creator James D. Parriott, Geraint Wyn Davies and Nigel Bennett; “About The Show” featurette with all-new interviews with Creator James D. Parriott and Geraint Wyn Davies; Questions from the fans answered by Creator James D. Parriott and Geraint Wyn Davies.
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It’s alive! Gasp at nonstop comedy in this outrageous spoof of the horror classic, direct from the mind of Steve Oedekerk (“Jimmy Neutron,” “The Nutty Professor”). Incredible stylistic detail brings you into a world of gothic laboratories, hunchbacks, and even a deceased Thumb brought back to life! Hold on to your electrodes!.<br><br> “Frankenthumb” Teaser; Special Frankenmambo #5, Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interviews, Music Videos, Photo Gallery, Storyboard Comparisons, Trailers.
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The final installment in Hammer Studios’ Dracula series is also the least interesting of the lot. A fairly direct follow-up to Dracula A.D. 1972, this sequel finds the Count (Christopher Lee) developing a potent strain of bubonic plague which he and his devil-worshipping disciples plan to release from 1970’s London to wipe out nearly all life on earth. His efforts are challenged once again by the dedicated Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), leading to a rather uninvolving climax. Despite the always-welcome presence of Lee and Cushing, this installment plays too flagrantly with the time-honored Hammer Gothic formula, giving Dracula actual dialogue and surrounding the leads with a dull, amateurish supporting cast — with the possible exception of Joanna Lumley (later of BBC-TV’s Absolutely Fabulous). This also marked Lee’s final performance as the Count and signaled the beginning of the end for Hammer’s horror heyday. Also known as Satanic Rites of Dracula and Dracula is Dead and Well and Living in London. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide.<br><br> Major retrospective of classic vampire/horror/hammer film previews many featuring the masters of the macabre Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in their greatest battles.
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Get ready for more “Mystery Science Theater 3000!” Direct from the Satellite of Love, Joel, Mike and ‘bots Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot turn bad movies into good with their relentless quips, one-liners and gags. Films include: “Lost Continent”: Joel and Co. riff on this “Land of the Lost”-style action flick. “Crash of the Moons”: Joel and the bots take on this sci-fi doomsday parable. “The Beast of Yucca Flats”: Mike leads the charge on this sci-fi/horror bomb. “Jack Frost”: Mike and crew rip on this bizarre Russo-Finnish fairytale.
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Based on Rod Serling’s hit TV series, this anthology features four tales of fantasy and horror. A bigot (Vic Morrow) experiences prejudice; a man (Scatman Crothers) with special powers helps the elderly regain their youth; a woman (Kathleen Quinlan) discovers a town controlled by an odd child; and a passenger (John Lithgow) sees something horrifying on the wing of his plane. John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller direct.
